Thursday, September 10, 2015

A decade ago, I decided to collect Philippine medals
starting with the Presidential then went to commemorative and historical medals
.

Medals can be purchased for as little as 50 pesos for a nice religious
medal and eventually as your budget increases you can buy the rarer ones that
you like.

You can then join collectors club or society such as the
ones I am in, Bayanihan Collector Club (BCC), Philippine Numismatic and Antiquarian
Society (PNAS) and the Banknote Society of the Philippines (BNSP). If you want
to be adventurous and looking for bargains you can go to Recto in Manila and
you might be able to get some nice medals there especially if you are
collecting school medals. Another places you can source good medals are World
Treasures in SM Megamall, Cubao Antique Center (Cubao Shoe Expo) and Jun
Cuartero’s coin shop in Greenhills, Mandaluyong. If you are a savvy collector and do not what to
join any clubs or go to these places you can just buy them online on OLX or
eBay.

A good reference is Coins, Medals and Tokens of the Philippines
1728-1974 by Aldo Basso and Philippine Medals and Token 1720-2010 by Earl
Honeycutt. You can buy these book online or from the clubs that I mentioned
above.

The medals below is a small representation of different
types of Philippine medals. There are so many of them and many are still being
made as of today.

Carlos P. Romulo, President of the United Nations General Assembly 1949-1950 / For Distinguished Service to World Peace and Understanding, Congressional Medal of Honor, Awarded by Congress of the Philippines